It sounds like you may have a case for undue influence or maybe even a claim she lacked the requisite mental capacity and/or fraud. The...

Unless you are named in one or all of the Wills or, if not, unless your father died before you were born, you generally don't have any right to...

The terms you are using don't really make sense. I assume you mean "petition" not "partition", but I do understand that you want to get your...

It sounds like your gift is 1% of the estate. Typically, what this means is you get 1% of what's left of the estate after any specific gifts (like...

You need to retain an attorney to review the case for you and let you know what's actually occurring. If you are saying there really has been an...

It's a difficult situation, especially with your mother and her sister being co-executors and the Will specifically saying the houses is to be...

She effectively operates as the owner of the property, which means when the probate estate holds real property where people are living, she is...

Yes, California does have a small affidavit law. So, assuming the assets that in the decedent's name without beneficiary designation are under the...

This might be a fairly simple matter. First, as to the issue of US estate tax, even when a US citizen dies and his spouse is a non-resident...

First you need to understand that the attorney represents the trustee, not the trust. That attorney's job is to protect her client, not...